Lowtop Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.43507, -2.07549
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 6Walking route13.4 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 6 - Strines to Marple
Named routeLength 13.4 kmRegional walking route
Peak Forest Canal towpath - part Marple to DisleyWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
121 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alan Newton WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Audenshaw Ashton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans-Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTRegional cycle route
Ashton Canal CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Fallowfield LoopCycling route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Tame Valley LoopMountain bike route29 km▾
Named routeRef AdvancedLength 29 kmLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
34,038 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,038 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +41
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Cream-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus tricinctus · Notostira elongata · Andrion regensteinense · Cheilosia caerulescens +7
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025
- Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
- Andrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinense2025
- Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
- Parent Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,038 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +41
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Cream-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus tricinctus · Notostira elongata · Andrion regensteinense · Cheilosia caerulescens +7
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025
- Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025
- Andrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinense2025
- Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
- Parent Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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